 Which is Worse for Your Long-term Health, a White-collar or a Blue-collar Job? (Revised Version of "Is a Blue-collar Job Bad for Your Long-term Health?2 [No. 23])Shinya Kajitani ()
No 28, Discussion Papers from Meisei University, School of Economics Abstract: Studies examining whether there are different probabilities of entering a period of reduced physical ability or chronic disease between different occupations are scarce. We examine whether the duration of good health differs between longest-held occupations, using a discrete time duration model. Utilizing micro data for elderly Japanese workers and their respective longest-held occupations, we show that the physical abilities of male blue-collar workers decline more rapidly with age, especially after age 60, than those in other occupations. However, the probabilities of contracting a chronic disease among male white-collar workers increase more rapidly with age than they do for male blue-collar workers. In contrast, there were no significant differences observed between longest-held occupations and duration of good health among Japanese women. These findings suggest that there are differential effects between blue- and white-collar jobs on decline in health over time among Japanese men, but not among women. Keywords: discrete time duration model; disease; health; occupation; physical ability (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mei:wpaper:28 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Discussion Papers from Meisei University, School of Economics Contact information at EDIRC. |
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